Are Tiki Farm mugs prone to crazing? - Collecting Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Fri, Dec 2, 2005 9:00 AM On 2005-12-01 21:43, smogbreather wrote: It's strange that those pieces are crazing. The brown Pele glaze in particular... we've probably produced over 25,000 pieces with that glaze and have never had a single mug have an issue with crazing. Especially strange w/the Kava Bowl as there are multiple glaze elements involved and no 2 glazes react the same. Is the crazing on that piece all over or just isolated to a color? Mahaloz, Holden The Kava Bowl has some mild crazing inside. So in this case, it does appear to affect primarily the white paint inside of the bowl. Also, I just found out that the wahine was using it as a flower vase(!), and had some water in it for a few days. I don't know if that had anything to do with it. The Pele mug has long, vertical crazing in the body of the mug. Interestingly, the crazing does not appear to be very horizontal in nature, so it does not have a real spiderwebby appearance. But you can clearly see the lines that run from head to toe. The lid/hat also has crazing, particularly on the inside. I checked my other Tiki Farm pieces, including a new Mr. Bali Hai mug, and none of them appear to be affected. But with that said, I want to say that I love Tiki Farm. You guys do great work! It is just that I love my Pele mug! snif :)

On 2005-12-01 21:43, smogbreather wrote:
It's strange that those pieces are crazing. The brown Pele glaze in particular... we've probably produced over 25,000 pieces with that glaze and have never had a single mug have an issue with crazing. Especially strange w/the Kava Bowl as there are multiple glaze elements involved and no 2 glazes react the same. Is the crazing on that piece all over or just isolated to a color?
Mahaloz,
Holden

The Kava Bowl has some mild crazing inside. So in this case, it does appear to affect primarily the white paint inside of the bowl. Also, I just found out that the wahine was using it as a flower vase(!), and had some water in it for a few days. I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

The Pele mug has long, vertical crazing in the body of the mug. Interestingly, the crazing does not appear to be very horizontal in nature, so it does not have a real spiderwebby appearance. But you can clearly see the lines that run from head to toe. The lid/hat also has crazing, particularly on the inside.

I checked my other Tiki Farm pieces, including a new Mr. Bali Hai mug, and none of them appear to be affected. But with that said, I want to say that I love Tiki Farm. You guys do great work! It is just that I love my Pele mug! snif :)

Post #201219 by tikipedia on Fri, Dec 2, 2005 9:00 AM